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BE 100 From Page 1
prise Magazine, upon release of the 1981 “BE 100” list,
remarked: “In an atmosphere of ideological self-interest
and budget cutting, it is clear that the survival of the
black business community depends on the support of or
dinary citizens.
“If we are to consolidate the gains we hav? made to
build for the future,” continued Graves, noting the
technological theme of the 1981 June issue, “we must be
sensitive to change and the opportunities that it
provides...innovation can be used to our advantage.”
Three North Carolina Companies Ranked Among The
Nation’s Top 100 Black Businesses Are:
RANK COMPANY
SALES
25
International & Domestic
(IN MILLION)
Development Corp, (Fayetteville)
15.044
37
Sam Johnson Lincoln &
Mercury, Inc. (Charlotte)
12.500
44
Fuller Oil Co., Inc. (Fayetteville)
11.000
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The 1981 “BE 100” has ten new films and a
geographical analysis showing 35 businesses in the North-
Central United States, 28 in the Northeast, 24 in the
South, and 13 in the West. Black Enterprise lists only
companies that are at least 51 percent black-owned. Over
one-third of the firms listed were formed in the decade
between 1960 and 1970.
Police examine bits of evidence found at the scene May 12 where the body of a black
identified as 17-year-old William Barrett was found early May 12. Police said he
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placed Larry Womble in the nounced the hnarH .u. j r—
placed Larry Womble in the
East Ward. It is an open
secret that he had planned
to run for alderman from
the Southeast Ward.
Alderman Burke de
nounced the board for its
vote and for not being
responsive to the requests
of blacks. Alderman Groce
defended himself and the
board. He said that he had
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WhiteTalksof Black Economics
“If you conceive it, and if you will believe it, you
can achieve it,” Melvyn L. White, Vice President
and City Executive of the Mechanics and Farmers
Bank, told an audience at Mount Zion Baptist
Church last week.
The Bank Executive was speaking on “Black
Economics in Winston-Salem, North Carolina” at a
forum sponsored by the church’s Community Forum
Committee.
White told his audience that most blacks set their
sights” too low. “The typical black conception of a
business venture is one of the “mom and pop type,”
said White. “Build a business which puts people to
work,” he told his listeners.
“The black community in Winston-Salem has an
annual payroll of more than $200 million. Unlike
most cities,” he said, “most of this money is in the
hands of blue collar workers. We earn and spend,
but we don’t invest.”
Calling attention to the demise of the Safe Bus
Company and black financial institutions which are
no longer operating in Winston-Saiem, he said
“blacks in Winston-Salem have taken a backward
step.”
“Blacks have a plantation mentality. If two stores
of equal quality are side by side, one white and one
black, blacks will pass by the black store to trade
with whites, ’ said White. “We don’t want to see a
black person get ahead of us. Trade with your black
brother if he is competitive and consider that you
have made an investment in your community,” he
urged.
White criticized the black community for its
pettiness in economics and politics. “Use the same
strategies in business and in politics as you have
used in religion,” he advised.
Remember that in economics you don’t have to
start from scratch. You can pool your money and buy
a viable business; however, it will take five times as
many blacks as whites to raise a given sum of
capital,” he said.
White was the sixth speaker that the Mount Zion
Forum Committee has brought to the church. Its
purpose is to bring persons to the church who can
inform the membership on current issues of the day.
Mrs. Jeanette T. Lewis is Chairperson of the
Committee. Rev. G.G. Campbell, Jr. is pastor.
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realigned in such a way that could keep the percentages of
the wards relatively the same.”
Wiley also speculated that Plan 2-D was adopted in an
effort to keep the predominantiy biack wards away from
the downtown area.
“They don’t want the black community to have any in
fluences over the downtown area. The naturai thing to do
is to go with the way the city is moving and the city is ex
panding to the west, but instead they concern themseives
with the east part of the city,” commented Wiiey.
Prior to the board passing Plan 2-D Larry Womble,
resident of the Shalimar community, had announced his
candidacy for the upcoming eiection. After the aldermen
made their decision, Womble said that he would not run
for alderman of the East Ward.
“No, I will not run against Mrs. Newell because at this
time I don’t think that it would be wise for me to run,”
he said.
William H. Tatum, property manager of the Skyline
Village Apartments, has announced that he will be runn
ing for alderman of the Southeast Ward. Tatum said that
he is in favor of realignment only if the citizens of
Winston-Salem are fully aware of what the realignment
plan means.
“I was not in favor of plan 2-C,” began Tatum, “My
plan was 2-B which was the original plan presented to the
board.”
“Plan 2-B would have not disrupted the wards as
much, it would have included the entire Reynoids Park
area, not just the Shalimar community,” he added.
Citizen’s of the Southeast Ward are planning strategies
to show their determination to fight what they feel is in
justice.
Erlene Parmon said that basicaily the vote shows that
the city is still going backwards, in that they will not
recognize the black people of the city.
“We’re tired of people on the board wearing the
democratic banner, and not representing biack people,
we won’t let things be pushed down our throats any
longer,” she commented.
The black community is uniting under what many see
as a catalyst resulting from the aldermen’s actions.
Patrick Hairston, president of the local NAACP said,
“It’s a rallying cry that will give us a spring board from
which to jump.” Hairston has called a meeting of the ex
ecutive board of the NAACP for Thursday, May 21 to
which the State Field Director, Carolyn Coleman will at
tend.
Residence of the Shalimar Community met the night
following the aldermen’s meeting to discuss strategies for
the future. It was brought out that the realignment plan
splits their community directly down the middle of
Reynolds Park Rd.
The meeting ended with the formation of a task force
and a listing of priorities for the task force to investigate.
Contacting other organizations will also be a responsibili
ty of the task force.
Reagan's SS Cuts
Devastating to Elderly
Washington-Rep. Steye
Neal, D-N.C.,,says Presi
dent Reagan’s plan to cut
social security benefits is “a
breach of faith with the
American people” that
would be devastating to
millions of elderly citizens.
“The president gave his
solemn promise during the
campaign that there wouid
be no cuts in sociai
security,” Neai said. “Now
the administration is sing
ing another tune, and it
isn’t sweet music to most of
us.”
In addition to $2.4 biliion
worth of miscellaneous
social security cuts incor
porated in the Gramm-
Latta budget plan. Presi
dent Reagan last week (May
13) proposed another $6.5
billion in new social security
reductions for 1982. They
would include drastic
reductions in benefits for
people who retire at age 62,
beginning January 1, 1982,
and a three-month defer
ment in the cost-of-living
increase due in July, 1982.
The president also is pro
posing that the earnings
limitation be discontinued
for people who continue to
work after age 65. Under
present law, there is a
$5,500 cap on earnings,
after which retirees forfeit
$1 in social security for each
$2 earned. There is no
penalty after age 72.
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represented the ward for
eight years, that he was
pieased with the ward as it
was, and that he had aiways
voted for what he thought
was right. However, he said
that he preferred Pian 2-D
over the other pians.
At the outset, the Board
committed itseif to a
reaiignment plan which
wouid not take any aider-
man or announced can
didate for aiderman out of
his present ward and for a
pian which did not radicaliy
change the racial composi
tion of the wards.
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NEWS & NOTES
In the 176 Presidential
eiection, only about half of
eligible blacks and Hispanics
were registered to vote —
and fewer actually cast a
ballot. Among our young
people the situation is even
worse. Of America’s approx
imately 17 million minority
voters, 18 to 24 years old,
only about 35 percent are
registered and only about
26 percent actually voted.
by a minority white govern
ment - South Africa.
Mr. Oiummu and the
Africans had drafted five
hard hitting resoiutions.
They fashioned four of
these into and omnibus
sanctions proposai which
urged generai economic and
political sanctions; an oil
embargo and a more exten
sive arms embargo against
South Africa. In the voting
they won with majorities
between 9 and i2 votes
against the persistent vetoes
of France, Britain and the
United States. Abstentions
were often provided by
Spain, Ireiand and Japan
who were beiieved to be
pressured mostiy by
America.
Neariy ail the delegations
which participated, “with
the obvious exception of the
veto-mongers,” caiied the
attention of the interna
tional community and the
Councii, in particuiar, to
the gravity of the situation
in Namibia resuiting from
persisting acts of aggres
sion, breaches of peace and
a serious threat to interna
tional peace and security
being perpetrated in and
around the iiiegaiiy oc
cupied Namibia by “ter
rorist South Africa”, said
Peter Meushihange,
secretary for Foreign Reia-
tions of SWAPO.
In ciear and categorical
statements, he said, the
delegated had underscored
the obvious, but often
distorted, fact that
“Namibia is a problem of
decolonization and illegal
occupation.” And that the
Namibian patriots under
the leadership of SWAPO,
their sole and authentic
representative “are waging
a heroic and legitimate
struggie to liberate by all
means available, including
in particular the armed
struggle, their beioved
fatheriand - Namibia.”
He said; “We are fully
aware of the difficult price
that we have to pay for our
freedom. This our
forefathers did during the
period of the Patriotic Wars
against the colonial occupa
tion by the forces of Im-
Hill
human
resources bv L f
-rf westen
sitting
are
table
, * reniini(j
.. f^"88le force,oi
perial Germany. Today, it ? ho*i
is our turn, the present many of 0^
generations of Namibians been in
to take similar sacrifices.” today, yy
The SWAPO itself would Americans must '
not have been necessary, he h’lr. Meushihj,
said, had it not been for esteemed p,,,:
„ . "'ll
South Africa’s poiicies of
colonial oppression,
political repression and
military aggression in
Namibia. The armed strug
gle was necessitated by the
victimization, terrorism and
intimidation that his people
were daily subjected to by
the fascist army and police
serving the combined in
terests of racism and im
perialism. “Our people die
daily to make Namibia safe
for ruthless exploitation of
lOtl
SWAPO, the
S^amuel Nujoma
Chief Perraanenio
at the U.N Ti
Gurirab. Forwha,
makes sense not o
their aspirations but
well.
Ah Black Am
must shout for,
that the foreign po
the United StatJ,
relates to Black Afr
concern ofnecessn,
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